--- title: Java Double vs. BigDecimal | daily.dev description: Java Double vs. BigDecimal can significantly impact performance as well as the precision and accuracy of floating-point numbers. In this tutorial, we’ll... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/java-double-vs-bigdecimal-mfb8gv4op twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Java Double vs. BigDecimal | daily.dev og:description: Java Double vs. BigDecimal can significantly impact performance as well as the precision and accuracy of floating-point numbers. In this tutorial, we’ll... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/java-double-vs-bigdecimal-mfb8gv4op og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mfB8GV4oP.png og:image:alt: Java Double vs. BigDecimal og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Java Double vs. BigDecimal **[Baeldung](https://daily.dev/sources/baeldung)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Java Double vs. BigDecimal can significantly impact performance as well as the precision and accuracy of floating-point numbers. In this tutorial, we’ll compare and contrast the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of these two classes, their use cases, and how to address precision and rounding issues with them. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/java-double-vs-bigdecimal-mfb8gv4op) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Java Double vs. BigDecimal","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-double-vs-bigdecimal-mfb8gv4op","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-double-vs-bigdecimal-mfb8gv4op"},"datePublished":"2023-09-22T00:46:31.059Z","dateModified":"2023-09-22T00:46:29.116Z","description":"Java Double vs. BigDecimal can significantly impact performance as well as the precision and accuracy of floating-point numbers. In this tutorial, we’ll...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/12905fc8b5e08fc88dae1ce1f16b2af3?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/12905fc8b5e08fc88dae1ce1f16b2af3?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Baeldung","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baeldung","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/52cccfb454d946c4b7dfa5e816f9e576","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/baeldung"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-double-vs-bigdecimal-mfb8gv4op","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"performance,database,java,mysql","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Baeldung","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/baeldung"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Java Double vs. BigDecimal"}]} ```